Peabody Energy Corp (NYSE: BTU) is -31.33% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $14.57 and a high of $29.94 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The BTU stock was last observed hovering at around $14.94 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.56%.
Currently trading at $14.38, the stock is -13.69% and -23.08% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 3.88 million and changing -3.75% at the moment leaves the stock -36.16% off its SMA200. BTU registered -42.18% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -38.31%.
The stock witnessed a -25.68% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -45.96%, and is -9.27% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 4.55% over the week and 4.65% over the month.
Peabody Energy Corp (BTU) has around 5400 employees, a market worth around $1.75B and $4.16B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 5.38 and Fwd P/E is 5.05. Profit margin for the company is 8.92%. Distance from 52-week low is -1.34% and -51.97% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (9.11%).
with sales reaching $976.57M over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -49.40% this year, but quarterly earnings will post -4.49% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -0.72% in year-over-year returns.
Peabody Energy Corp (BTU) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 121.57M, and float is at 120.64M with Short Float at 9.41%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 17.15 million shares valued at $379.34 million. The investor’s holdings represent 13.3873% of the BTU Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 14.07 million shares valued at $311.31 million to account for 10.9866 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP which holds 7.26 million shares representing 5.7581% and valued at over $160.48 million, while STATE STREET CORP holds 5.6282 of the shares totaling 7.09 million with a market value of $156.86 million.
Peabody Energy Corp (BTU) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider purchase by Grech James C., the company’s President and CEO. SEC filings show that Grech James C. bought 6,684 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 24 ’25 at a price of $14.97 per share for a total of $0.1 million. Following the purchase, the insider now owns 0.33 million shares.
Peabody Energy Corp disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Nov 06 ’24 that Spurbeck Mark (EVP and CFO) sold a total of 10,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Nov 06 ’24 and was made at $29.52 per share for $0.3 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 65710.0 shares of the BTU stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Nov 06 ’24, Spurbeck Mark (Officer) Proposed Sale 10,000 shares at an average price of $29.52 for $0.3 million. The insider now directly holds shares of Peabody Energy Corp (BTU).
